News Release Number: STScI-2008-24

Hubble's Sweeping View of the Coma Cluster of Galaxies

June 10, 2008: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures the magnificent starry population of the Coma
Cluster of galaxies, one of the densest known galaxy collections in the universe.
The Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys viewed a large portion of the cluster,
spanning several million light-years across. The entire cluster contains thousands of
galaxies in a spherical shape more than 20 million light-years in diameter.